21st Dynasty, ca. 1000 BC , Presumably from Thebes
The Book of the Dead was a compilation of spells which should enable the deceased to gain entry to the underworld. This particular example consists almost entirely of scenes; the text amounts only to names. The vignette of mummification by Anubis is especially important, like the judgment scene with the weighing of the heart before Osiris and the monster Ammit, the “Devourer”.
Papyrus
Ägyptisch
3rd Intermediate Period
21st Dynasty, ca. 1000 BC
Papyrus
L 410 cm, H 15,5 - 16 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Ägyptisch - Orientalische Sammlung
Ägyptische Sammlung, INV 3859
1825, acquired from the collection of Bernardino Drovetti
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